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The "iron horse" came to the valley in '98
This article first appeared in the Ojai Valley News, but the date of the edition of the paper in which it appeared is unknown. It was written by Ed Wenig. Wenig wrote for the newspaper in the late 1960's into the 1970's.
Two "iron horses" pulled four carloads of exscursionists into Nordhoff, as the band blared a welcome on a balmy spring morning of March 12, 1898. Ojai Valley residents, who had driven from far and near, in wagon, buggy and surrey, looked on with pride as official guests from Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, and neighboring Ventura County towns arrived on the first train ever to enter the Ojai Valley. Here indeed was concrete evidence of "progress" in its most up-to-date form.
On March 12, 1898, the train made its first trip to the Ojai Valley. The train was met with a "lively blare of trumpets" in Nordhoff. The Ojai Band and the Ventura Band each played for the welcoming crowd.
The most important visitors were driven to the homes of prominent residents of the valley for luncheon, after which they were taken for brief scenic drives through the valley. But most of the passengers were loaded into surreys and wagons and taken to a picnic under the oaks in what is now the Civic Park [Libbey Park]. Then, the speeches began. Among them, one by W. C. Patterson, president of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, expressed thanks to the people of the Ojai Valley for having given "the outside world a chance to see and admire the beauty of the magnificent amphitheater of mountains which enclose this ideal spot."
In the Midwinter Edition of the Los Angeles Times appeared this comment: "This railway will open tourists to one of the most charming valleys in the state . . . With the advent of the railway, Nordhoff will possess all the requirements of a pleasure and health resort." Imagine the pride of the residents of the valley when they read in the Ventura County Directory, "The valley has been settled by a superior class of people, intelligent, refined, and very enterprising. Many of them have abundent means and have been men of standing and influence in other communities."
There were four passenger pickup stations on the railroad between Ventura and Nordhoff. Starting from Ventura they were Weldon, Las Cross, Tico, Grant, and finally the Nordhoff Station. In the first few weeks after the opening there were two trains daily, after which a schedule of one train per day was established. In response to repeated requests from J. J. Burke, the Southern Pacific re-established a schedule of two daily trains for the winter months only. Trains left Nordhoff at 7:20 a.m. and 4 p.m. for Ventura. Returning trains arrived in Nordhoff at 1 p.m. and 8:15 p.m. Passengers bound for Matilija Hot Springs disembarked at Grant Station located approximately at the present lumber yard at the "Y" [Rotary Park now]. From there they went by stagecoach, and, in later years, by Stanley Steamer to Matilija.
Forest Masburn in September of 2017 at Rotary Park at the "Y" intersection in Ojai. Rotary Park used to be the location of "Grant Station" back in the early days of the railroad that once ran where the Ojai Valley Trail is now located next to the park.
It took 10 years
The arrival of the first train was the culmination of ten years of hopes and planning. In 1891, under the headline "Railroad Coming" a writer for THE OJAI observed, "Soon the invalid or tourist can recline in his upholstered seat within the observation car and be whirled over hill and vale to his destination, instead of a tedious ride in a stagecoach." At first a Ventura company had been formed to build a narrow gauge railroad. But Captain John Cross proposed to build a standard gauge road, and with the enthusiastic cooperation of the businessmen of the Ojai Valley was successful in bringing the dream to reality.
When automobiles came into more general use the importance of the railway passenger service declined, and in later days the line was used entirely for shipments of freight.
Since the flood of 1969, which washed out portions of the road bed, the railroad has been abandoned. [Today it is the Ojai Valley Trail.]
Wheeler's Hot Springs Auto Stage Line
Wheeler's Hot Springs Auto Stage Line by Richard Hoye
Wheeler Blumberg homesteaded property in Matilija Canyon in 1888, and he constructed an access road. He then opened his Hot Springs to the public in 1891, offering a hotel with dancing pavilion, a swimming pool, a briskly running stream, fishing and great scenery.
Travel from the village of Nordhoff to the popular resort was provided by horse-drawn coaches of all types, large and small, carriages, tally-hoes, etc.
Visitors would arrive in the valley by railroad and then be taken to Wheeler's along a pleasant scenic route. However, after 1900 interest turned to mechanized travel, and auto stages were introduced.
The resort came into the possession of Webb Wilcox after Wheeler Blumberg's death in 1907. Wilcox had married Wheeler's daughter, Etta, in 1905, so Wilcox was Wheeler's son-in-law. The resort thrived under Wilcox's management, and he continued to manage it until 1935. By 1924, Wilcox was offering auto transportation for the entire distance between Los Angeles and the resort.
In this photograph, an autobus is clearly marked "S.P. Station, Nordhoff, to Wheeler's Hot Springs." Guests have been seated, and the driver is ready to embark from the village to the resort. When the weather permitted, the top of the autobus could be removed, and passengers would ride in the open air.
Posted on June 6, 2011 April 7, 2018
Boulez Conducts Train at Ojai Music Festival
"Baton Not Tuned To Train's Wail" Ojai Valley News, June 3, 1989
By Bob Bryan
Pierre Boulez (C) 2003 Daly Road Graphics
The year was 1967, and the Ventura-Ojai orange train—locomotive, one freight car and a caboose—was coming 'round the bend making less than 90 miles an hour when its whistle broke into a deep-throated blast. It was a familiar sound, even appreciated by some as it floated up the Ojai Valley. There, Maestro Pierre Boulez, standing on the podium with baton raised, prepared to give the downbeat that would begin that year's Ojai Festival.
The opening number was listed as the Schoenberg String Quartet No. 2, arranged for string orchestra; its harmonics, according to the program notes, would be "unconventional, even irrational." Nobody had said anything about a whistle.
When train whistle and raised baton coincided for the third time, Maestro Boulez walked off stage with just a touch of Gallic impatience. He was replaced, after a hurried conference backstage, by Ted Lillefelt, that year's festival president.
An apology was offered and a question posed to the assembled music lovers: Would it not be better if the opening number of the Ojai Festival 1967 were delayed until such time as the orange train could continue on to Ojai's packinghouse, as it was required to do daily? There it would reverse itself and come through town again, passing once more to the rear of the Festivals Bowl.
The first-night audience clapped its approval.
About 10 minutes later the orange train passed through once again, hooting jubilantly as if wishing well to the proceedings. There was an answering applause from the audience, and then everybody settled down to give Schoenberg his turn.
Open-air concerts in Ojai's Festival Bowl have included the gentle ostinato of resident crickets and birds, a feature that Oliver Messiaen, a composer who has written music in honor of birds, found to his liking during his tenure as resident composer of the Ojai Festival.
The birds still sing, but some things that once were are no longer. There will be no freight train whistle this weekend in Ojai for Maestro Boulez or, for that matter, any future conductor of the festival. The orange train doesn't run here anymore.
Posted on May 24, 2011 September 2, 2014
The Beautiful Drives of the '90s
The Beautiful Drives of the '90s by Ed Wenig
Tourists arriving in the Ojai Valley in the 1890's asked much the same questions as tourists who arrive in the valley today. "What can we do and see in Ojai? What drives would you suggest?"
Here is the reply given in an article by the editor of THE OJAI in 1897, under the heading, TO OUR VISITORS.
"One day, or an afternoon should be devoted to the Matilija, going by the hill road north of Nordhoff, digressing if possible to visit the Crawford place and get the eastward view from that point, and penetrating the canyon beyond Matilija to Wheeler's or Cliff Glen. The hot springs of the Matilija are famous, but the rugged scenery is well worth seeing for its own sake. The return should be made by the Laguna on the Ventura road where the live oak vistas are finest. (Note: The Laguna, once also called Mirror Lake, is now dry, and lies immediately south of Henderson Field). If possible El Nido Ranch should be visited on the way.
"Another drive should include the eastern end of the valley here the greater orange ranches are… One may proceed to Mr. Hall's ranch where the oldest olive trees are to be seen and the celebrated Whale Rock, and to "Overlook," Dr. Pierpont's charming resort, and to Mr. Green's where the first gold was found, and reach Mr. Thacher's School at Casa de Piedra Ranch, most interesting to strangers perhaps at recess, from 10:20 to 11 a.m. A 1/2 mile north of Topa Topa Ranch of a hundred acres f citrus fruit whose reputation in the San Francisco markets is an enviable one. A little further drive will include Glencoe Ranch at the head of the valley, and the homeward trip will lead by "Old Nick's" wine ranch and along the Ojai Avenue back to the town.
"The Upper Valley" is worth another day's excursion. Dennison's stock ranch, Hobart's well kept apricot and almond ranch, Robinson's, Gray's, McGuire's, Pinkerton's and others, and the large winery of Mr. Bracken are all interesting. The top of Sulphur Mountain may be reached from the upper Valley by comfortable road, and the view of the ocean and the islands amply repays the two or three miles of ascent.
"But if one has entered the valley by the Creek Road one should leave it if possible by driving through the Upper Valley and the Santa Paula Canyon. This drive is one of the most beautiful in Southern California."
"For those who enjoy horseback riding, Senior's Canyon, and the Sespe Trail, starting from Gridley's interesting ranch should not be neglected."
Horse-drawn rigs were the standard means of transportation for both Ojai residents and sight-seeing tourists. P.L. Smith, Ojai Livery Stable proprietor, proudly advertised a brand new passenger wagon "covered with three seats across, finely upholstered, for carrying passengers over the beautiful drives of the vicinity… just the vehicle for taking parties over the Casitas or down Creek Road, or to the several springs and resorts."
Horseback riding excursions were also popular for the local folk. There was some discussion whether girls should wear long divided skirts and ride astride their mounts, or ride side-saddle with their flowing skirts hiding pretty ankles. Side-saddles gradually disappeared, however, the chaperones being the last to give them up.
SAN ANTONIO creek drive (Picture courtesy of Howard Gally)
The Casitas Pass Stagecoach Road
The Casitas Pass Stagecoach Road by Richard Hoye
A stagecoach road was constructed over Casitas Pass in 1878. Prior to the construction of the road, the pathway across the pass between the Ojai Valley and Carpinteria consisted of little more than a trail. It was an historic trail, being part of El Camino Real; but it needed to be widened to accommodate stage coaches. It was in use as a stagecoach road for only a short while, until the arrival of rail service between Ventura and Santa Barbara in 1887.
Interest in a stagecoach road over Casitas Pass was prompted by the difficult passage between Ventura and Carpinteria along the coast. Steep cliffs reached right to the breakers, and passage was commonly possible only at low tide. One of the major concerns of the Santa Barbara County board of supervisors when it met for its very first session in 1856 was how to get a road built between Ventura and Santa Barbara. The Casitas Pass stagecoach road was the first practical solution.
In the middle of the 1870s, land in the Ojai and Santa Ana Valleys was subdivided. Real estate sales were promoted, and travelers' accommodations improved. Persons interested in getting a stagecoach road constructed met in June 1875 to discuss ways and means, and representatives at the meeting were from both Ventura and Santa Barbara counties.
Funding, of course, is the usual first consideration for such projects; and apparently, at the time, it was necessary for counties to obtain state approval to float bonds. That approval came with An Act to Provide for the Construction of the Casitas Pass Road, in County of Ventura, passed by the state legislature on January 12, 1878. No money was provided by the state. The county was authorized to go into debt.
A contract for construction of the road was awarded to William S. McKee early in May 1874. William McKee was the owner of Oak Glen Cottages in the Ojai Valley. He had opened his cottages for travelers and health-seekers only the year before. His interest in stimulating travel between the Ojai Valley and Santa Barbara is evident, and he apparently had the skills and resources to manage construction of the road.
The road itself was only the width of a stagecoach, quite narrow by current standards; but it did require real construction effort. The grade needed to be gradual enough so that horses could manage to pull heavy stagecoaches up and over both the east and west passes. McKee met the target for completion of the road, and it was accepted by the Ventura County board of supervisors in August 1878.
The opening of the new road, of course, deserved a celebration. A picnic was staged on September 10, 1878, on the banks of the Rincon Creek, which runs along the Ventura County and Santa Barbara County line. Celebrants enjoyed the pleasant canyon setting, within view of what they called the "Twin Elephant Rocks."
The stagecoach road did not follow the current route of the grade which rises today from Lake Casitas to the east Casitas Pass. The current route is on the north side of the canyon. The stagecoach road climbed the grade on the south side of the canyon, and a dirt road is still visible on that side of the canyon.
Fresh teams of horses were placed on the stagecoaches at both ends of the pass. In the Santa Ana Valley, at the base of the east-end grade, there was a large barn. It was sufficiently large to permit a stagecoach and team to drive into the barn, and the changing of the team was done inside the barn. That barn was located near the current Casitas Dam and stood there until 1923.
At the western end of the pass, at Rincon Creek and the Santa Barbara County line, James and Belle Shepard opened Mountain View Inn in 1876 (a couple of years before construction of the stagecoach road). They were very successful in welcoming persons who were traveling to and from the Ojai Valley and Santa Barbara, and their Inn became a half-way house, enjoyed by all.
The name of Mountain View Inn was changed to Shepard's Inn in 1896, and it seemed to gain ever-greater renown (even though by that time the stagecoaches no longer ran over the pass). The quality of the food, the excellence of the service, and the scenic setting were great; and the Inn hosted famous persons, such as Theda Bara, Mary Pickford, Enrico Caruso and even President Theodore Roosevelt in 1905.
The need for the stagecoach road suddenly ended when rail service was established between Ventura and Santa Barbara in 1887. Stagecoaches were still in use for a while, but only to destinations not directly served by the railroad.
In later days, the Ventura Bicycle Club staged an Independence Day ride between Ventura and Santa Barbara in 1891. Their route passed over the old stagecoach road across Casitas Pass. Automobiles were not to appear for another decade. A mission bell was placed at the summit of the west Casitas Pass in 1907 to mark the way as El Camino Real. A report that year appearing in The Ojai newspaper stated that the pass was "perfectly safe for motors, always provided the chauffeur knows how to handle his machine."
Completion of construction of the Rincon highway in 1912 directed most through traffic along the coastal route, and the route of the old stagecoach road retired to the status of one of California's favorite backcountry roads.
Posted on August 30, 2010 April 7, 2018
Shangri-La: A Matter of Preservation and Progress
Long before James Hilton published Lost Horizon (1933) and Frank Capra produced his film on the same subject (1937), The Ojai, that mystical harmonious valley enclosed by majestic mountains and fed by tumbling streams, was regarded as Shangri-la by those in search of wealth, health, spirituality or any mixture of the three. And therein lies the problem: what constitutes an earthly paradise for some demands stasis; for others, "forward movement" which always involves friction.
Consider the earliest days of The Ojai and its Garden of Eden reputation. Why wouldn't residents and health seekers alike wish to preserve an atmosphere that guaranteed relative immortality in a world being decimated by phthisis, wasting disease, graveyard cough, acute, galloping, or military consumption? In the 1800s and early 1900s, fully one-fifth of the world's population was dying of what we today identify as tuberculosis. Theories for medical cures abounded. All were unpalatable; none were effective, and some were deadly: arsenic, atropine, strychnine, calcium, gold, mercury, colloidal preparations of silver, copper, aluminum and silver, boa constrictor excreta, blistering, fresh blood (hopefully but not always from animals), pig-spleen extracts as well as an inhalation of the breath of healthy animals or the effluvium of maggoty meat.
By the early 1900s, antiseptic or hot air inhalations emptied as many hospital wards as death itself as patients fled from the painful treatment. The in-hospital cure rate: a meager and likely inflated three to five per cent.
The completion of the transcontinental railroad in 1869 brought brilliantly colored posters trumpeting "Go West and Breath Again." New York Evening Post editor Charles Nordhoff's California for Health Pleasure and Residence (1873) not only brought throngs seeking all three to the country's 31st and most romanticized state, but also gave the name of its author to the village on the valley floor in 1874. By the 1890s, The Ojai set its claim into print with its masthead: "For the Good of Mankind, by Telling of the Greatest Sanitarium for Throat and Lung Troubles in the Known World" "The Famous Ojai Valley."
Bob Clark driving the tally-ho from Santa Barbara to The Ojai over the Casitas Pass Road, 1904.
Alice B. Chase, of Lynn, Massachusetts, was afflicted with a lung weakness that brought her and her unmarried daughter, Alice P. Chase, to The Ojai for the first time in January of 1904. The winters of Lynn, located 10 miles northeast of Boston, were dreary snowfall was excessive; the cold, piercing. In 1912, Mrs. Chase was to recall that first trip, when writing to Alice Barnett Clark, married to Ojai stagecoach driver Bob Clark, in 1905:
I well remember when we first saw Nordhoff and Bob gave us our first drive and picked so many flowers and gave Miss Chase her first riding lesson (Cal. style). By the time this reaches you, you ought to have some flowers for we came to Nordhoff on January 6th I think and the next day we found over 40 varieties of flowers and Bob was able to name them all. Oh, it was so beautiful, and what is best the beauty comes back again every year. (1/01/1912)
At the other end of the spectrum, the Clark family had emigrated from famine-stricken Ireland in 1855. Tom Clark, Bob's uncle, was drawn to the gold fields of California "Oh, Mary, there's gold there, now never you mind" finally settling down to farming in Sonoma County. In 1868, however, Clark read of The Ojai in one of the 5,000 handbills distributed by T. R. Bard in the San Francisco Bay area, advertising land at $3 to $5 an acre in the Upper Ojai; $9 an acre in the Lower. (Bard kept the mineral rights for his employer, T.A. Scott, railroad magnate and Lincoln's former Assistant Secretary of War.) Bard's crew first cut a rough road from the Lower to the Upper Ojai, hand-drilled wells into the side of the magnificent Sulphur Mountain in search of the crude so valued then and ever since.
Most who purchased his parcels of surface land sought to improve it to accommodate their more basic needs. It was those who "improved" the land, however, who provided the amenities allowing the wealthy of fragile health to come to the valley. The Chases, for example, spent their winters at the luxurious steam-heated three-story Foothills Hotel, completed in 1903, "a station of the world's great highway," where "men and women talk of Nice, and Paris, and Vienna, and Hongkong [sic] and Honolulu as mere stopping places on the road, the while they drink in the view and are glad that the Ojai was made for the delectation of the happy." (Sheridan, Sol N., "Ventura County, California." Sunset Magazine Homeseekers' Bureau: San Francisco, California, 1908.)
The Foothills Hotel, completed 1903, burned in fire of 1917.
By the time Tom Clark was interviewed by historian Yda Addis Storke in the 1880s, he had acquired 180 acres of land in the Upper Ojai, "making the wilderness to bloom like the rose. … He has erected a comfortable home and has one of the finest ranches in the valley, raising Morgan horses, Poland China and Berkshire hogs and Jersey cattle. Mr. Clark also has a splendid vineyard and makes his own wine, a superb article." Ms. Storke further admired the fruit orchard, rose garden and Clark's extensive wheat fields.
The article closes with an anecdote told by Clark of a visiting minister, "Mr. Clark, I must congratulate you," stated the reverend gentleman. "The Lord has placed you in a fine vineyard." "Yes," said Clark, "but the Lord had nothing but brush and stones here when I first came." For Clark, Shangri-la was opportunity, his dreams realized after years of hard labor: taming the land and dealing with the grizzlies that passed with ease through his fences.
Blacksmith Lorenzo Dow Roberts, an old-time Democrat, was forced to leave North Carolina because of his outspoken abolitionist beliefs. He then emigrated from his new home in Bloomington, Illinois in search of a cure for his chronic "bronchitis." When he first arrived in The Ojai, he could speak only in a hoarse whisper, wrote Signal editor W.E. Shepherd, in 1873. "Now, he can yell so as to be heard a mile." With his newfound energy (he had gained 44 pounds in his 11 months in the valley), Roberts attempted the first subdivision of the lower valley, which he named "Ojai."
Although his proposed subdivision for the village failed while that of the more aggressive valley booster, Royce Surdam, materialized, Roberts, the invalid, continued his smithing and carriage making. Roberts thrived in his Grand Avenue "hospitable cottage with white picket fence, almost hidden from view by huge pepper trees and other ornamental shrubs," enjoying his Shangri-la to the age of 73, while Royce Surdam, who had won the contest of the founding of the village, passed away at age 56 from an overdose of morphine.
One man's bad luck became another's opportunity in our Shangri-la. Around 1870, William and Mary McKee, having recovered their health in the Upper Ojai, decided to build Oak Glen Cottages on the corner of Ojai Avenue and Gridley Road as a sanitarium for invalids. J. N. Jones took in up to ten boarders at his ranch house in the East end; neighbor John Carne converted part of his 27-room room Victorian house into the Bonito House Hotel.
By 1887, miracles were happening in the 104-degree waters of the Ojai Hot Springs, located about eight miles above the village: Abram Blumberg claimed his "village for the sick" could cure not only lung ailments, but rheumatism, catarrh, erysipelas, dyspepsia, chronic diarrhea, sore eyes, liver and kidney complaints, cancer, syphilis as well as other blood and skin disorders. The waters of sodium, potassium and magnesium carbonates and sulphates, silicates, carbonic anhydride and sulphureted hydrogen also had a reputation for whitening and softening the skin.
"Nordhoff," stated Mrs. Storke, "contains some 300 inhabitants, many of whom are recuperated invalids from nearly every State in the Union." Ten years later, the local newspaper would complain "The Ojai is becoming too well known as a health resort for the general good of the valley. There are times when consumptives are quite numerous on the streets, some of them barely able to walk two or three blocks at a time."
For Mrs. Chase and daughter, Shangri-la would ever remain The Ojai as they found it in 1904: Creek Road with its meandering crossings of San Antonio Creek, lined by massive live oaks dripping wild grapes, the majestic Valley oaks lining or intercepting the dirt roadways of the valley; the soft balmy air; the myriad flowers on the trail up to the Spring on Sulphur Mountain; the Pink Moment on the face of the Topa Topas. The valley's isolation was a large part of its attraction, "off the beaten path, the path littered with the perpetually anxious in the crowded cities of the Eastern seaboard" but that same isolation proved a problem for its year-round residents.
The solution: bridges across the roaring torrents of the Ventura River, San Antonio Creek and Coyote Creek, which had claimed the lives of more than one valley resident during the wintertime deluges. "No, No, No," said Mrs. Chase the time the first bridge was proposed, remembering at a later date: "Bob will remember how we protested against BRIDGES!!" (10/25/16)
Edward Drummond Libbey's enlightened proposal for the ramshackle village, the one-block-long hodge-podge of haphazard buildings with false fronts of uneven heights, was also met with dismay from the ladies of Lynn:
Your description of Nordhoff is very interesting & welcome. We had heard something of the changes through the Ojai but like to hear first-hand. So you and Bob really like the transformation? We are so conservative we hate to have the charming simplicity of the place changed. (10/25/1916)
As conservative as the ladies Chase, Margaret Clark Hunt, too, found many of the changes in The Ojai difficult to countenance "particularly the highway from Ojai into Matilija over Pine Mountain through the Cuyama and the Maricopa into the great San Joaquin Valley" as proposed by her brother, Supervisor Tom Clark. The route through her beloved back country, her haven from the congestion that infiltrated The Ojai with each increase in population, was also the favored destination of her winter clients and her pupils at The Thacher School.
The highway did indeed bring about change, beneficial for the inland farmers, but detrimental to the peace of the valley and disastrous for backcountry's once-supreme isolation. (These days, locals mourn the passage of the increasing numbers of gravel trucks rumbling down that same highway).
Ironically, Tom's 30-year-old son, Jack, was killed on Feb. 2, 1936 by a dynamite explosion while working on the highway his father was so instrumental in building. "He was blown to bits," reported cousin Alfred Reimer. "All that was left of him were his testicles, hanging from the branch of an oak tree."
In a desert, water is king and The Ojai was first classified as a highland desert, with humidity ranging from 20 percent to 40 percent. With the increase in population, water provided by an average of 15 to 17 inches of rain per year, snowfall in the surrounding mountains and artesian wells proved inadequate to the demand. Typhoid fever from contaminated water was killing 50 area residents a year, two victims being Alice and Bob Clark's 4-year-old daughter, Alice, or "Sweetsie," her mother's shadow, and 18-month-old George Patrick. Shotgun-toting farmers stayed up all night guarding their personal reservoirs from water rustlers.
Something needed to be done. And the Bureau of Reclamation came up with a plan: to build two dams, one in the Matilija Canyon, the second across Coyote Creek.
The Matilija Dam, completed in 1948, buried some of Ojai's most magnificent sites: Twin Falls and the stately Hanging Rock, favored Kodak moment spot for tourists where Bob Clark proposed to the frail Alice Barnett in 1905. By 1952, just four short years after completion, Matilija Dam, now filled with silt and sediment, became obsolete.
Hanging Rock, favored Kodak spot for visitors to Matilija Hot Springs.
Ventura County had begun to buy land for the second dam as early as 1947; construction was begun in 1957; the dam was completed in 1959 "a triumph for water supply in The Ojai" as well as the City of Ventura and the Rincon beaches westward to the Santa Barbara county line.
For Katherine Hoffman Haley, great-granddaughter of W. D. Hobson, considered by many to be the father of Ventura County, Shangri-la began with her family's move to the 8,000-acre Rancho Casitas. Casitas grew to be one of the largest thoroughbred breeding ranches west of the Mississippi "almost by accident".
Kay Hoffman Haley, relegating Santa to the sidecar, while she drives the cycle–efficiently–but, as ever, her way.
Her father, brought from New Orleans by the Oxnard Sugar Beet Company, first raised Percheron horses on the ranch, then rescued a thoroughbred suffering from toothache. Hoffman cured the toothache and Crystal Pennant, in gratitude, won the $110,000 purse at Tijuana, the richest race in the world at that time. The sport of kings became the sport of Rancho Casitas, with every member of the family thriving in the exciting atmosphere and their nine-room, nine-bath Spanish-style home complete with barroom, music room and ballroom.
With the Casitas Dam project, the government claimed half of the estate, including the palatial Wallace Neff-designed home, which was razed to the ground. Kay's new home, built on land she was able to retain, she named Rancho Mi Solar, home of my ancestors. Significantly, she made her statement with that home, built on a high point of land, of necessity adjacent to the lake, but positioned so that she need never again cast eyes on "that despised body of water."
The Wallace Neff designed home at Rancho Casitas, home to the Walter and Edith Hobson Hoffman family.
Kay made the most of her life thereafter, tending her shorthorn cattle and quarter horses, amassing an amazing collection of Western art and an equally impressive collection of awards recognizing her involvement in and generosity to the community.
Lester Peirano's 240-acre Rancho Valenada, (Spanish for worth nothing), just up the road from Casitas Ranch, had been entrusted to him by his father when his two brothers, Nick and Vic, were given provenance over the grocery story across from the Mission in downtown Ventura. Lester failed at raising cattle as he couldn't bring himself to castrate young bulls, dehorning was a problem as well.
He did beautifully, however, at raising peaches, melons, apples, pears, and, best of all, 55 acres of old country grapes, all sold at Peirano's Grocery. Lester constructed his own Shangri-la from his father's legacy. During the week, he held court under the "Whispering Tree," at the corner of the vineyard, supplied with folding chairs and Teagarden jelly glasses regularly filled from the dripping water faucet nearby. Dust was no problem as the dirt was hard as concrete from the near-constant streams of tobacco juice supplied by Lester and his guests. The high point of the week for the shy farmer was Sunday, when his ranch became the gathering place for the entire family and legions of friends. (His mother and sisters organized the day.) When the county claimed his ranch, it broke his heart.
"And then one day an agent of the county did appear
It was the middle of harvest time and '48 the year
And the solemn words he spoke then struck that farmer dumb with fear
So he spoke again for he was sure that Lester did not hear.
"You see this country is a growin' one and the county getting' dry;
We must look toward the future now and that's the reason why
A dam must be constructed where your fruit trees grow so high
We'll see you get a fair price for the land that we must buy. "
The 11-stanza poem, unsigned, but recovered from the Peirano papers in 1994 when the last of the family died in Darby, Montana, continues:
"When they took his home Lester built a shack in the hills above the lake
On the land the county'd set aside to give him a new stake;
But the dream was gone and the days were long and at night he'd lie awake,
Thinking about his cherished land that he just could not forsake."
The 40-acre piece of "land they'd set aside" was then claimed by the government for the Teague Memorial Watershed. Lester and Nick fought the government on this one and, after a two-year battle, did win a heftier sum of money — but only lifetime interest in the piece of land. It could no longer be considered a "family" ranch. The poem concludes with a flourish more heartfelt than accurate:
"It was on a cold and rainy day in the Fall of '84,
That they found old Lester's weathered coat and hat upon the shore,
And a simple note pinned to the brim shook the county to the core:
'Forgive me, I just had to see and walk my land once more.'"
Rancho Chismahoo was another claimed by the lake, another gathering place for extended family and friends. The Bill Clark family departed for Northern California when a large portion of "the most beautiful ranch in the county" disappeared under the waters of Casitas.
Clark's mother, Alice, one more pilgrim in search of health, came first to Los Angeles, then to The Ojai, where she met and married the previously mentioned stage driver Bob Clark in 1905, bore 10 children, and lived to the age of 73. She stipulated in her will that her two children, lost to typhoid fever in 1915, be re-interred with her.
From approximately 50 residents in 1873, the population of the village grew to 300 in 1891; to 8,046 in the village and a valley-wide population of 34,000 by 2005, the population inflated each year by entrepreneurs, health seekers, artisans and artists, followers of the great Krishnamurti, Meher Baba and other vendors of enlightenment. More pilgrims considered the East-West configuration of the valley conducive to occult and psychic forces and, eventually, as reported by Jack Brown in 1985, our population included "food faddists, occultists, the beard and sandal set writers, actors, yoga enthusiasts, radicals, conservatives, mystics, musicians, dancers, eccentrics, etc., etc." "A mixture that at times strains the limits of civilized discourse" and Jack Brown never even heard of nude roller-skater/bicyclist Earth-Friend Gen, our most recent source of controversy in the Ojai.
The dry and invigorating breezes which drew early immigrants to The Ojai are no longer, with relative humidity now averaging a high of 95 percent thanks to the dams, irrigated orchards, vineyards, golf courses, lawns and other accoutrements of civilization. However, the citizens of our valley have successfully fought to keep the air clean through the years, blocking a university on Taylor Ranch at the mouth of the Ventura River corridor in the 1980s; and a dump proposed for the La Cañada side of Sulphur Mountain during the same period.
The grizzlies are long gone and the gentle black bear risks his life if he ventures close to town. We mourn our losses, large or small: the once-vigorous and highly prized population of ocean-going steelhead trout knocked in half first by the Matilija Dam and finished off by the Casitas Dam; the Evergreen Cattages, replaced by 2-story condominiums; and, most recently, The Ojai Frosty, a dilapidated but beloved gathering place.
Lerie Bjornstedt remembers with fondness buying decorations from Village Florist David Mason's 50 Christmas trees; Maxine Tempske would like to see the return of Roth's Sweet Shop and Soda Fountain, with its homemade candies of all kinds, and great ice cream sodas; Lavonne Theriault remembers when the "Y" was a cow pasture, just as I remember driving our cattle down the side of Sulphur Mountain, through Hall's domain, across Creek Road to pasture on the McCormick place, now Saddle Mountain.
The most substantial change on the horizon today: the end of agriculture in The Ojai Valley, flourishing here since the 1870s, this change precipitated by Casitas Water District rate increases of 53 percent in 2007 and 19 percent in 2008. Pixie farmer Jim Churchill says his bill "to water 17 acres has soared 187 percent in two years."
Farmers will have no option, says old-timer Tony Thacher, but to sink wells to replace Casitas Water. "This is the real danger to the Ojai Valley and our livelihood" a contentious and perhaps litigious situation that pits neighbor against neighbor as the water table sinks beneath our feet."
Some would like to see a return to the Ojai of the highland desert, dryland farming, cattle raising and 20 percent to 40 percent humidity. Not likely. "If those trees die, and the land is left vacant, the days will come when the politics of development will overcome this valley, despite local laws to preserve farmland and open space. What we would have then," continues actor/farmer Peter Strauss, "is not Shangri-la, but Sherman Oaks."
Those who are best positioned to profit from this eventuality: the speculator, despised from earliest days of The Ojai. As stated in the Signal, January 1874, "We do not desire to see a wild spirit of speculation developed here," [Speculation] is simply an underhand way of getting something for nothing." And that something is what/where/why and how we live.
But, as philosophers and poets, scientists and sociologists from the time of Heraclitus tell us: "Change alone is unchanging." The answer, says Mexican poet Octavio Paz, is simple, but not easy: "Wisdom lies neither in fixity nor in change, but in the dialectic between the two." Even though we have no lamasery to guide us, if there is anyplace in the world where dialectic, or its near cousin, debate, flourishes, it is right here in The Ojai Valley, our own Shangri-la.
Yes, we are a contentious lot, each taken with his own vision of what The Ojai is or should be, and so it shall remain. Our debates are neither pointless nor are they inconsequential. To borrow from Irish poet, Patrick Kavanagh:
Homer's ghost comes whispering to my mind
He says: I made the Iliad from such local rows.


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Book of the Week: Lost and Found in the Journal de Botanique
While selecting books for scanning, The New York Botanical Garden's LuEsther T. Mertz Library will often find treasure in between the pages of centuries-old tomes: pressed leaves and flowers, interesting or revealing marginalia, bookmarks, personal notes, and, yes, even cash.
Its collection overlaps with other BHL members, and contributing institutions often hold runs of the same journal, though not every copy is the same. An interesting example of this is the Mertz Library's copy of Journal de botanique appliquée à l'agriculture à la pharmacie, à la médecine et aux arts(t.3, no. 3-5, – t.4, no.1-2 1814).
August 3, 2009byKevin Nolan
Book of the Week: Cuvier and Classification
This week's book of the week relates yet another milestone in the development of a classification system for life on earth. Cuvier's The Animal Kingdom, Arranged According to its Organization, Serving as a Foundation for the Natural History of Animals, was an attempt to classify the animal kingdom on the basis of comparative anatomy, of which Cuvier's entire classification schema was centered.
July 27, 2009byMichelle Strizever
Book of the Week: Taxonomy Before Linnaeus
Taxonomic literature can be divided into Pre-Linnaean and Post-Linnaean literature, with Post-Linnaean literature being those works published after Carl Linnaeus developed his famous naming and classification schema, binomial nomenclature. This week's book of the week, Historia Vermium, is an interesting example of a Pre-Linnaean text. The Smithsonian's copy, pictured here, is one of only two copies in the Western Hemisphere, according to OCLC, and one of only twelve in the world. The author, Joachim Jung, was known chiefly as a mathematician and astronomer, being considered on par with the likes of Galileo. He also focused many of his studies on natural history, particularly in the realm of botany. Historia Vermium, like many of Jung's works, was published posthumously.
July 20, 2009byGrace Costantino
Book of the Week: Aesthetics Edition
This week, we highlight the botanical illustrations of Georg Dionysius Ehret.
Active during the 18th century, his illustrations became the must-have accompaniment for scientists interested in precise rendering of the species at hand. Born into a modest family of gardeners, his achievements (as they so often do) result from a combination of talent and circumstance.
July 13, 2009byErin Thomas
New book viewer available – your feedback wanted!
BHL developers have incorporated the Internet Archive's open source book viewing application into the BHL portal, providing a new interface for using BHL's digital books.
July 7, 2009byChris Freeland
Blog Reel
BHL Book of the Week
The Edible Mollusca of Great Britain and Ireland with Recipes for Cooking Them is a delightful fusion of taxonomy, geography, and cooking! The author's preface emphasizes the "hitherto almost entirely overlooked" edible mollusca that are abundantly and economically available on the coasts, a qualifying characteristic that retains its relevance in the 100 years plus since publication. Hungry? Have some Cockle Soup!
June 29, 2009byErin Thomas
BHL adds members in Philadelphia and San Francicso
In May 2009, two new members were accepted into the Biodiversity Heritage Library:These two important institutions will greatly contribute to the strength of the BHL. Below is a little bit of information about our newest members. Look forward to more detailed profiles of these two libraries as well as in depth overviews of the original ten members.
June 23, 2009byMartin R. Kalfatovic

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Does a football player control his own image rights?
Aug 24, 2018 | Commercial
Image rights refer to the right to use someone's name, reputation, performances, promotional services or image (or any right or quasi-right associated therewith) for any commercial purpose.
In principle, the image rights of a football player always belong to the football player himself unless the player has transferred them to a third party if the football player has agreed to such transfer.
This means that a football club granting one of their sponsors the right to use the image of one of their players can only do this if this club has acquired the prior consent of the player that the sponsor can indeed exploit his image rights. Most of the time this is done through the labour contract or the image rights contract.
To maintain and increase the value of the image rights, it is important to keep control over the image rights and their exploitation. More and more players are using specialised companies to manage their image rights. For players with different roles (national team, club, private) it is not always a simple task to keep track of all parties using and exploiting the image of the players. Sometimes even parties with conflicting interests can exploit the image rights of a player. It is therefore not a bad idea to appoint a specialist who can keep track of the image rights agreements and their details.
By way of example: Coca Cola is the sponsor of the Belgian national team and uses, among others, the image of Vincent Kompany in one of their campaigns. At the same time Pepsi is one of the personal sponsors of Kompany (ie outside of his role as a player at the national team or as a player of his club). It is quite clear why this could cause conflicts and issues.
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Dr Andreas Bender is a Lecturer for Molecular Informatics with the Centre for Molecular Science Informatics at the Department of Chemistry of the University of Cambridge, leading a group of about 20 postdocs, PhD and graduate students and academic visitors. In his work, Andreas is involved with the integration and analysis of chemical and biological data, aimed at understanding phenotypic compound action (such as cellular readouts, and also organism-level effects) on a mechanistic level, ranging from compound efficacy to toxicity. He received his PhD from the University of Cambridge as a Cambridge Gates Scholar in 2005 and worked in the Lead Discovery Informatics group at Novartis in Cambridge/MA as well as at Leiden University in the Netherlands before his current post. Andreas received the EFMC Young Medicinal Chemist in Academia Prize in 2010, as well as the Medicinal Chemistry Innovation Prize of the German Chemical and Pharmaceutical Societies (GDCh and DPhG) and the 'Bayer Early Excellence in Science Award' in 2011. In 2012 he received the LRI Innovative Science Award of the European Chemical Industry Council (CEFIC) and in 2013 he was awarded an ERC Starting Grant to model mixture effects of chemical structures in biological systems using mechanistic approaches, an area currently very little understood.


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21 Jan Minister laud organising of 3rd Premier 101 International Charity Arm Wrestling Championship 2018
Posted at 22:08h in News	by	Imelda Anyie
KUCHING – Minister of Tourism, Arts, Culture, Youth and Sports Sarawak, YB Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah praised the organisers of the 3rd Premier 101 International Charity Arm Wrestling Championship 2018 for going beyond the norm by adding an extra element of carrying social responsibility to hosting the event.
He commended Sarawak Armsports Association (SASA) for organising the event which can contribute meaningfully to the development of sports in Sarawak and making it a great tool to stimulate and drive economic as well as social and community development.
"When SASA told me about the tournament last month, I was excited because the organiser was not only interested to promote the sports via the tournament but also to carry out charitable works via the same platform," he said at the opening ceremony held Premier 101 commercial centre at Jalan Tun Jugah on January 19.
"I am really impressed by the organiser's noble efforts to simultaneously promote the sports and carrying out charitable works. Thank you to all those involved for making this possible," he enthused.
This year's championship had attracted over 500 participants from over 20 countries including India, China, Taiwan, Australia, New Zealand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Thailand and Russia.
Six charitable organisations including Sarawak Cancer Children Society (SCCS), Salvation Army Boys' and Girls' Home as well as Cheshire Home and one school SMK St Teresa received donations from SASA.
Among who were present during the opening ceremony were Tasik Biru state assemblyman, YB Dato Henry Harry Jinep, Permanent Secretary to Ministry of Tourism, Arts, Culture, Youth and Sports, Mr Hii Chang Kee as well as SASA president, Matthew Dominic Barin, its advisor, Dato Sri Teng Chi Lik and the Federation of Chinese Associations for Kuching, Samarahan and Serian Divisions president, Dato Richard Wee. (Photo credit: The Borneo Post)


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British Overseas Territory
Gibraltar is an Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom. This means it shares the British King or Queen and has the protection of the British Armed Forces. It is in southwest Europe on the Mediterranean Sea. About 32,000 people live there. They are called Gibraltarians.
Motto: "Montis Insignia Calpe" (Latin)
"Badge of the Rock of Gibraltar"[1]
Anthem: "God Save the King" (official)
"Gibraltar Anthem" (local)[2]
Location of Gibraltar (dark green)
– on the European continent (green & dark grey)
– in the European Union (green)
Map of Gibraltar
36°8′N 5°21′W / 36.133°N 5.350°W / 36.133; -5.350
Largest district
(by population)
Llanito
Gibraltarian[a]
other British
Maghrebis
South Asians
Gibraltarian
Llanito (colloquial)
Representative democratic parliamentary dependency under constitutional monarchy
• Monarch
Charles III
• Governor
Sir David Steel
• Chief Minister
Fabian Picardo
John Gonçalves
• UK government minister[b]
Wendy Morton MP
• Captured
4 August 1704[3]
• Ceded
11 April 1713[4]
• National Day
• Joined the EEC
1 January 1973[c]
6.7 km2 (2.6 sq mi)
• Water (%)
• 2015 estimate
32,194[5] (222nd)
4,328/km2 (11,209.5/sq mi) (5th)
2013 estimate
£1.64 billion
• Per capita
£50,941 (n/a)
very high · 5th
Gibraltar pound (£)[d] (GIP)
Driving side
right[e]
+350[f]
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^ Of mixed Genoese, Maltese, Portuguese and Spanish descent.
^ Minister of State in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office with responsibility for Europe and the Americas.
^ As a Special Member State territory of the United Kingdom.
^ Coins and sterling notes are issued by the Government of Gibraltar.
^ Unlike all other UK dependencies except the British Indian Ocean Territory, since 16 June 1929.
^ 9567 from Spain before 10 February 2007.
^ The .eu domain is also used, shared with other European Union member states.
UK Postcode: GX11 1AA[7]
The Rock of Gibraltar, West Side town area, 2006
Gibraltar has always been important as a military base because this is where the Mediterranean Sea narrows to only 14 kilometres (9 miles) at the Strait of Gibraltar. This meant that whichever country controlled Gibraltar could see all ships that came into the Mediterranean Sea.
Gibraltar is most famous for The Rock of Gibraltar, a 426 meter high limestone rock rising out of the sea. The rock can be seen for many miles. It is home to the Barbary Apes, a type of tail-less macaque which are the only wild monkeys in Europe.
Gibraltar was named for a general who led the Umayyad conquest of Hispania. It belonged to Spain between the years 1501 and 1704, and it was captured by a group of Dutch and British marines during the War of the Spanish Succession (1704). In 1713, Spain signed the Treaty of Utrecht. This treaty ended the war and said Gibraltar would be British permanently. However, according to this treaty, if the Crown of Great Britain ever wants to leave the territory, the Crown of Spain will have a prior position in order to claim the sovereignty.
Ever since then, Spain has tried to get Gibraltar back. They attacked the Rock several times in the 18th century. However, since the 1950s, Spain has tried get Gibraltar by diplomacy (international relations) by putting different kinds of pressure and restrictions on the people of Gibraltar.[8]
Gibraltar was very important in World War II. Since it was in such a good position, it was the perfect place for the British army and navy to have its base. In World War II the people living in Gibraltar were taken to different parts of the world like Jamaica so they could be protected from the war and also leave the Rock for the soldiers. The Rock of Gibraltar was used by these soldiers, and long tunnels were made inside it. These tunnels even had a hospital and living areas for the soldiers.
In 1969 Britain gave Gibraltar a new constitution. This meant that it gave the people of Gibraltar a large amount of self-government.
In 2002 the people of Gibraltar were asked to vote whether they wanted Spain to share Gibraltar with the United Kingdom; almost everyone voted and 98.97% said they did not.
In 2006 Gibraltar voted to approve a new constitution which gave full self-government to the people meaning they can independently create their own laws.
In 2006, Spain signed a deal to stop interfering with Gibraltar telephone lines, and daily flights to Madrid started.[9]
↑ "National Symbols". Gibraltar.gov.gi. Archived from the original on 13 November 2014. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
↑ "Gibraltar: National anthem". CIA World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. Archived from the original on 12 April 2018. Retrieved 25 September 2011. National anthem: name: "Gibraltar Anthem" ... note: adopted 1994; serves as a local anthem; because Gibraltar is a territory of the United Kingdom, "God Save the King" remains official (see United Kingdom)
↑ Gibraltar was captured on 24 July 1704 Old Style or 4 August 1704 New Style.
↑ The treaty was signed on 31 March 1713 Old Style or 11 April 1713 New Style (Peace and Friendship Treaty of Utrecht between France and Great Britain).
↑ "Census of Gibraltar" (PDF). Gibraltar.gov.gi. 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
↑ Avakov, Alexander V. (2015). Quality of Life, Balance of Power, and Nuclear Weapons (2015): A Statistical Yearbook for Statesmen and Citizens. Algora Publishing. p. 62. ISBN 978-1-62894-128-9.
↑ "Universal Postal Union document on Gibraltar" (PDF). Upu.int. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 April 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
↑ William Godfrey Fothergill Jackson (1990). The Rock of the Gibraltarians: A History of Gibraltar. Ashford PressPub. ISBN 978-0-948466-14-4.
↑ QFINANCE: The Ultimate Resource. Bloomsbury Publishing. 2012-06-01. p. 1502. ISBN 978-1-84930-046-9.
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PM: Hundreds of thousands of daily COVID jabs by next week, and a national booking service
Hundreds of thousands of vaccines will be delivered daily by the end of next week, the prime minister has promised.
Speaking at a Downing Street briefing, Boris Johnson said almost 1.5 million people across the UK have received their first dose already.
And he insisted the UK has "enough" vaccines to offer a first dose to nearly 14 million of the most vulnerable by his deadline of 15 February.
The prime minister said the government, NHS, army and local councils "are truly throwing everything at it, round the clock if necessary" in order to reach that target.
Almost 1.5 million people across the UK have received their first vaccine dose already
He announced a new national booking service would "make it easier to book and access appointments", as he outlined how the vaccines would be delivered to people's arms.
"By the end of the week there will be over 1,000 GP-led sites providing vaccines, 223 hospital sites, seven giant vaccination centres and a first wave of 200 community pharmacies," Mr Johnson said.
"If all goes well, these together should have the capacity to deliver hundreds of thousands of vaccines per day by 15 January.
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"And it is our plan that everyone should have a vaccination available within a radius of 10 miles."
Mr Johnson said, under these plans, the "limits" on the UK's vaccination programme would not be on the distribution of vaccines but on their supply.
But he stressed there were sufficient quantities to vaccinate the top four priority groups, as decided by the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation, within the next 39 days.
These include older care home residents and staff, everyone over 70, all frontline NHS and care staff, and those who are clinically extremely vulnerable.
Mr Johnson added, by the end of this month, the government hopes to have offered every elderly care home resident a vaccine.
"Let's be clear this is a national challenge on a scale like never before, and it will require an unprecedented national effort," the prime minister said.
He promised to publish the government's full vaccine deployment plan on Monday, when ministers will also provide daily updates on the progress of the UK's vaccination programme.
Mr Johnson said there had been another "tragic number of deaths" on Thursday, when the latest government figures revealed a further 1,162 COVID-related deaths and 52,618 new cases were reported in the UK.
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Blog / A Guide To Airport Smoking Areas
The indoor smoking ban was established to protect individuals against the negative health effects of passive smoking or second-hand smoke (SHS). Phased in throughout the UK in 2006 and 2007, the indoor smoking ban outlawed tobacco smoking in most enclosed public spaces – including restaurants, pubs, bars, nightclubs, cinemas, and airports.
Most UK airports now offer travellers the use of designated outdoor smoking areas. However, the majority of airports in the UK do not permit smoking after passengers have entered the terminal building or have passed beyond the security checkpoints – and those that do allow this are typically smaller, regional airports.
As a rule, UK airports confine smoking, vaping and use of heated tobacco devices to their designated smoking areas. No distinction is drawn between smoking cigarettes, cigars and pipes or less harmful alternatives such as e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products.
Can you smoke after going through airport security?
Though in most UK airports smokers or users of alternative products aren't permitted to smoke or use their devices ahead of their flight after entering the terminal building, there are some exceptions.
Below is a list of UK airports – and popular destination airports – with their current provisions in place regarding smoking, vaping and using heated tobacco products, before and after passing through the security checkpoints.
All three terminal buildings at Manchester Airport have designated outside areas which smokers, vapers and heated tobacco users can use before check-in and after arrivals. Terminal 1 also has a designated area after airport security.
There are no designated areas beyond the security checkpoints at Luton Airport. For smokers, vapers and heated tobacco users there are dedicated areas outside the airport before heading into the terminal building.
Smokers, vapers and heated tobacco users will have to use the designated areas outside the terminal buildings at Heathrow. Once through the security checkpoints, there are no such areas anywhere in the airside lounges.
There are signposted designated areas located outside both of Gatwick Airport's terminal buildings, but smoking, vaping and the use of heated tobacco products are prohibited beyond security.
For anyone wishing to smoke, vape or use heated tobacco products, there are two areas available after security. On the mezzanine floor there is a terrace which can be found attached to the bar. On the first floor there is also another area available, this can be found next to Gate 4.
There are designated areas outside Stansted's terminal building. However, there are no designated areas available for smoking, vaping or the use of heated tobacco products beyond the security checkpoints.
It is possible to smoke, vape or use heated tobacco products beyond the security checkpoints at Birmingham Airport. Once through security, follow signage to the designated area at the Meriden Bar in the Departures Lounge.
Smokers, vapers and heated tobacco users are required to use the designated areas outside the terminal building. After passing through security, the use of e-cigarettes, vaping devices and heated tobacco products are strictly prohibited.
Liverpool Airport
It is possible to smoke, vape or use heated tobacco products beyond the security checkpoints at Liverpool Airport. The airport has a dedicated airside area on the lower level of Departures, just past the Kissing Gate Bar.
Smoking, vaping and use of heated tobacco products beyond airport security are permitted at Leeds Bradford Airport. There is a dedicated area located on the ground floor of the Departures area, this can be accessed from the first floor or ground floor. Travellers are asked to follow the directional signage and expect a £1 access charge.
It is possible to smoke, vape and use heated tobacco products beyond the security checkpoints at Newcastle Airport. There is a well-signposted airside area available within Bar 11.
Glasgow Airport
There are no designated areas beyond the security checkpoints at Glasgow Airport. For smokers, vapers and heated tobacco users there are dedicated areas outside the airport before heading into the terminal building.
Smoking, vaping or use of heated tobacco devices are only permitted in designated areas outside Edinburgh's terminal building. There are no designated areas available beyond the security checkpoints.
There are no designated areas beyond security in Dublin Airport's Terminal 2, so those wishing to smoke, vape or use heated tobacco products will need to make use of the dedicated smoking areas outside the terminal building.
However, smoking, vaping or use of heated tobacco products beyond the security checkpoint is possible in Terminal 1. Once through security, passengers are advised to turn right and look for signposts for 'Food Court 2' – which is located upstairs and accessed either by the escalator or lift. Situated behind the Starbucks coffee shop is the Garden Terrace, where smoking, vaping and use of heated tobacco products is permitted.
Unlike at many Spanish airports, smoking, vaping or use of heated tobacco products are not permitted at Malaga Airport beyond security. Passengers are required to use the designated areas outside the terminal building.
Smoking, vaping or use of heated tobacco products at Alicante Airport are only permitted in designated areas outside the terminals. Any travellers wishing to smoke, vape or use heated tobacco products must use these facilities. There are no designated areas inside the terminal either landside or airside.
Tenerife Airport
There are designated areas situated outside the terminals of Tenerife Airport. There is also a terrace in the priority lounge, available to Business Class passengers or people with Lounge Access cards and Priority Passes. Travellers can pay €25.10 to access the 24-hour VIP Lounge.
Whilst smoking, vaping and use of heated tobacco products is strictly prohibited within the public areas of Dubai Airport's three terminal buildings, for anyone wishing to smoke, vape or use heated tobacco products, there are several smoking lounges within all three of the terminals, before and after security.
In Terminal 1, after security, there is a designated area next to gate N47.
For use of heated tobacco devices, Lisbon airport also has a smoke-free lounge, this can be found next to the IQOS store near gate 17.
In Terminal 2 however there is no smoking lounge or smoke-free lounge available.
In Faro Airport smoking, vaping and the use of heated tobacco products are only permitted in designated areas outside of the airport.
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All home improvement projects have pros and cons. In fact, sometimes I feel like Aaron and I spend more time and effort thinking about projects than actually completing them. We research, weigh the options, and estimate budgets. Information gathering trips to home improvement stores seem to add complexity and confusion more often than they provide clear solutions. This process holds true for all projects, even the small ones. The upside is that most of our project results are well thought out and turn out as we intended (or close).


Discussion in 'iPod' started by iAppleseed, May 23, 2012.
Phone, keys, wallet are on the short list of things you don't want to leave home without. But Dave Hurban, a 21-year old Dynasty Tattoo artist from Newfield, N.J., made sure his iPod would be something he'd never forget to grab.
After surfing the web and researching other outrageous piercings, Hurban decided his new lightweight iPod Nano 6 deserved a permanent place to live on his body; and he learned he'd be the first to do so.
Hurban has worked in the piercing industry for more than three years and is certified through the state of New Jersey. With the same technique he'd use to pierce his clients, he mapped out the placement on his arm and inserted four magnetic dermals into his arm to match the four corners of the iPod. Once healed, his iPod just clicks in and out of its built-in holder.
The whole procedure took Hurban less than 30 minutes to complete; and he says the implant location of his arm, which he pierced on Apr. 19, healed enough in two weeks for him to be able to jog with it, move freely and bend his wrist completely.
But what happens when manufacturers release a new version of that iPod? Hurban couldn't care less. He really barely uses it as an iPod but more so as a watch.
Hurban says he's received only positive feedback at the tattoo convention and that his little contraption has caught the eye of many stopping by his shop's booth.
"More than 35 people have told me to my face they wanted the same thing," Hurban said, even though he doesn't yet know if he'll market his idea or perform it on others.
Even Hurban's mother, who he says "doesn't even know how technology works," told him she liked it.
I thought I'd seen it all with all the stupidity involving peoples devotion to a brand... but this one, is a new low.
I like it. I wouldn't get it done but I do like it.
You've got that right. That's just sickening.
What A IDIOT. Lets See How That Looks When U'r 55!
Its just magnets under his skin. He could put all sorts of stuff on it.
I think he should have went for another color, I mean his arm is pretty colorful.. wouldn't have hurt to get something not plain. I don't see why everyone is putting this guy down, honestly it is his body and it's his call to do what he wants to it. I don't see why anyone would feel above this individual. Clearly he is a tattoo artist, this is going to do nothing but bring him and his shop attention and it's definitely not going to impact his career negatively, so what's the big deal?
Bet he does not fly commercial airlines.


A family stranded in a cave after a kayaking misadventure huddled around a fire lit from seaweed and sticks to keep warm during a daring Australia Day rescue.
Strong winds and a dangerous swell trapped a mother, her eight-year-old son, two teenage daughters and a teenage friend in a cove on the beautiful but dangerous Second Valley coastline in South Australia as they attempted to kayak to their base at the Rapid Bay Campground on Saturday afternoon.
Campground manager Reena Wolston said a relative of the kayakers had raised concerns about the group, who she said had set off about 2pm along the picturesque Fleurieu Peninsula.
The Wirrina flotilla of the SA Sea Rescue Squadron was dispatched at 7.45pm and found the kayakers were being swept into the rocky entrance of a cave about 500m north of Rapid Bay.
SA Sea Rescue Squadron Commodore Matt Curnow said onshore wind and rising tide had prevented the inexperienced kayakers from leaving the cove, near cliffs where two men were winched to safety on January 1.
He said a rocky reef prevented the squadron's 7.5m-long boat from getting within 50m of the distressed kayakers.
The crew told the kayakers to seek shelter in a cave on the cliff face until two volunteers returned to the scene on board a smaller rigid inflatable boat which they were able to take on to the beach.
But he said the conditions were too dangerous for the rescuers to leave with the kayakers on board and it was decided the crew remain, pending a helicopter rescue. He said his crew managed to get the group some jackets and made a fire using dried seaweed and twigs because of concerns the quartet, particularly the eight-year-old boy, were showing signs of hypothermia.
The MedStar helicopter winched the family to safety in a 30-minute operation and transported the group to an oval at Yankalilla at 10.30pm.
Mr Curnow said many people are not aware of the risks that exist around the coast.
"If you are entering into an activity with which you are not familiar, ask other people (for guidance)," he said.


According to local news reports, the Iowa Dept. of Economic Development recently approved $700,000 of aid to Progress Casting Group Inc. for its planned aluminum foundry in New Hampton, IN. State tax benefits have also been extended to the project.
Progress Casting, Plymouth, MN, produces castings for several notable machinery, equipment, vehicle manufacturers at two plants in Minnesota. The new Iowa plant reportedly will supply castings to Harley-Davidson.
Construction is expected to begin soon. The company has not reported details of the plant design, nor of the construction timetable. Initial reports stated the operation would start later this year.
The site is a new industrial park and the plant will be situated in an 85,000-ft2 building, with space for future expansion.
According to local news reports, Iowa's total assistance will be over $1 million. The state Transportation Commission approved a grant of $330,000 toward road construction to the site.


I wanted to thank everybody who so kindly helped with quilting suggestions of my 'Countdown to x-mas' quilt. I pondered each and every one for days on end until I had a revelation last Sunday while running (and I would not have had that without your help !). I finished the machine quilting part yesterday and moved on to some hand quilting which I really enjoy. Since I have my Janome Horzion I have done very little hand quilting but I guess this has more to do with the fact that before I had the Horizon I hand quilted each and every one of my very large quilts. I think I was done with hand quilting for a while and I am rather delighted that I find pleasure in it again. But the big reveal of the finished quilt and the quilting pattern will have to wait a little while.
I hand quilt normally in front of the TV which means I need a project in parallel for the machine (as there is only so much TV watching one can do....). What better to do then to start a new quilt (what else really ..). I have been itching to cut into my stash of 'Echo' by Lotta Jansdotter.
Can you guess what it's gonna be ?
Of now to another lap of Sunday morning running and then back to the sewing machine...bliss.
I am so wanting to know what you are up to in this teasing post!
No idea what it's going to be but it'll be great!!
Running - good on you - can't wait to see all these makes in full - love Lotta!


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Spontaneous long-lasting remission in a young patient with angioimmunoblastic lymphadenopathy with dysproteinemia
C. L. Balduini, R. Invernizzi, A. Castello, G. Ricevuti, A. Coci, S. C. Rizzo
In conclusion, our report confirms that AILD must also be considered in the differential diagnosis of lymphadenopathy in the young, and its evolution may tend toward spontaneous remission. Furthermore, it is interesting to note that remission may be achieved spontaneously even after the failure of steroid therapy. This observation suggests that starting aggressive drug therapy should be delayed as long as possible.
Dive into the research topics of 'Spontaneous long-lasting remission in a young patient with angioimmunoblastic lymphadenopathy with dysproteinemia'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.
Immunoblastic Lymphadenopathy Medicine & Life Sciences 100%
Spontaneous Remission Medicine & Life Sciences 85%
Lymphadenopathy Medicine & Life Sciences 64%
Differential Diagnosis Medicine & Life Sciences 48%
Steroids Medicine & Life Sciences 46%
Drug Therapy Medicine & Life Sciences 36%
Balduini, C. L., Invernizzi, R., Castello, A., Ricevuti, G., Coci, A., & Rizzo, S. C. (1985). Spontaneous long-lasting remission in a young patient with angioimmunoblastic lymphadenopathy with dysproteinemia. Haematologica, 70(1), 56-58.
Spontaneous long-lasting remission in a young patient with angioimmunoblastic lymphadenopathy with dysproteinemia. / Balduini, C. L.; Invernizzi, R.; Castello, A. et al.
In: Haematologica, Vol. 70, No. 1, 1985, p. 56-58.
Balduini, CL, Invernizzi, R, Castello, A, Ricevuti, G, Coci, A & Rizzo, SC 1985, 'Spontaneous long-lasting remission in a young patient with angioimmunoblastic lymphadenopathy with dysproteinemia', Haematologica, vol. 70, no. 1, pp. 56-58.
Balduini CL, Invernizzi R, Castello A, Ricevuti G, Coci A, Rizzo SC. Spontaneous long-lasting remission in a young patient with angioimmunoblastic lymphadenopathy with dysproteinemia. Haematologica. 1985;70(1):56-58.
Balduini, C. L. ; Invernizzi, R. ; Castello, A. et al. / Spontaneous long-lasting remission in a young patient with angioimmunoblastic lymphadenopathy with dysproteinemia. In: Haematologica. 1985 ; Vol. 70, No. 1. pp. 56-58.
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Home › Media Release › Health Finance and Governance project helping to improve understanding of national funding and spending on health
Health Finance and Governance project helping to improve understanding of national funding and spending on healthHealth Accounts play an important role in a country's health policy and future decision making for health expenditures.
Guyana has achieved significant progress in funding the national response to HIV but faces challenges related to scaling up of Treat All in an environment of declining donor funding. The USAID-funded Health Finance and Governance (HFG) project, in collaboration with PAHO/WHO, has supported a National Health Accounts (NHA) estimation exercise in Guyana to improve understanding of national funding and spending on health. A National Health Accounts dissemination meeting was held in Georgetown on 3 August, at which it was revealed that the Government's share of HIV spending increased from 25 percent in 2015 to 64 percent in 2016, indicating increasing domestic resource mobilization for HIV.
Guyana's Health Accounts will play an important role in the country's health policy and future decision making for health expenditures. Ms. Julia Henn, Director of Health and HIV/AIDS Office, USAID/Eastern and Southern Caribbean, described the National Health Accounts as a "goldmine of information for policymakers." One key recommendation is for Guyana to better leverage the private sector in order to diversify domestic funding sources for health and HIV. According to Mr. Tesfaye Dereje, Senior Health Finance Specialist of the HFG project, "Guyana is off to a great start."
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We gathered around a bar table by the television and cheered as our Washington Wizards layed the smacketh down on the Chicago Bulls while partaking in some super cheap beer and cheap but delicious food.
At Mister Days, the happy hour gives you three tiers of beer to choose from at $2, $3, or $4. The cheapest selections are the classic domestics like Bud Light. The $3 choices are the domestic craft beers, like Blue Moon. And the $4 choices are other smaller craft brews from Dogfish Head and DC Brau.
I was sipping on Widmer Hefeweizen all night ($3) but most of the crew wanted to maximze their dollar value. It was Bud Light's all around. Then, as you do when there is an awesome special, at 8:59pm when the happy hour clock was about to strike midnight, everyone ordered 2 more beers to last us almost through the rest of the game (late 8pm game start time).
The $2 beers is a great deal, but the $3 food choices make this worth the trip on a Wednesday night. I ordered the soft pretzel, the chicken wings, and a grilled cheese sandwich and it was not just super filling for $9, but also pretty delicious (lol its hard to screw these items up). Other items the group ordered included the Caesar salad and the hamburger. Good beer drinking foods. ($4 items are also available).
If you have never been to Mister Days, they have literally one billion TVs. On this particular evening 70% of them were on Maryland Basketball, 20% were on the Caps, 6% were on random college bball games, and 2 whole televisions (after we requested they put the one near us on) for the Wizards. The waiter told me he hasn't had a single person request the Wizards game before us.
We were clapping and cheering (as we do at Wiz Happy Hour) for all the great plays the Wizards were making, and people at the bar were wondering what was happening. Then the Caps scored a goal and not a single person in the completely full (every table) bar made a peep. The only cheering was from the Wiz section.
By the end of the game we had an entire section of the restaurant and we were pacing around, high fiving, screaming, cheering, and screaming "DAGGER!" It was another great time. I love Wiz Happy Hour. Hope you can make it out sometime!


The quest to achieve a truly modern and chic style is endless. Yet, in the world of hair, this quest has been fulfilled by one beauty encompassing technique: Balayage.
The Balayage technique originated in France in the 1970's, and it has gained popularity throughout the years. The work Balayage means "to sweep" or "in a sweeping motion." The art of Balayage gives the stylist true freedom in their paste application and is applied directly to the hair. Balayage delivers an end result that looks truly natural, a result that is difficult to create with other hair techniques. The highlights resulting from Balayage appear more natural and the process creates levels of depth and dimension within the hair that were not seen with other applications. Results can range endlessly depending on what is desired by the customer.
Balayage has not grown in popularity because it is the best technique to achieve a natural flowing look that is tailored for all types of hair. Balayage is here to stay and without a doubt will continue to impose praise within the world of beauty and hair.
Lightening (also called bleaching or decolorizing) is the process of lightening the hair. It can be used to create just a few highlights, lighten selected sections of the hair, or be applied to the whole head. Whether you want to illuminate just a few strands, or go from brunette to blonde, lightening requires expertise and the right products.
Cool Dawn haircolor, such as Color Sync and Gloss Sync, can enrich natural color, refresh faded haircolor or tone highlighted hair.
Deposit only haircolor, best used to match, deepen or change tone of natural hair color. Color is long-lasting (four to six weeks), and leaves little to no line of demarcation.
Lift and deposit hair-color, best used for grey coverage or when altering the natural hair color is desired. Color is long-lasting ( Permanent), and leaves a line of demarcation.
Our Peachtree City hair salon gives men who want hair color to cover gray various options with out the need to formulate or use additives. Want to blend a little gray? In just 10 minutes you can look years younger. Want to blend even more gray? You're just minutes away from increased coverage and a younger look! Grey coverage is fast, easy and discrete.


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Annette Gibbons 14th October 2018 0 comments 1070 view
The wait is over for fans across the globe as the full-length debut album from Warner Music Nashville / Warner Bros. Records artist MORGAN EVANS, THINGS THAT WE DRINK TO, is available everywhere today.
Chronicling his two-year journey since moving to America from Australia, each of the 11 tracks was co-penned by Evans and producer Chris DeStefano with some of Nashville's most elite songwriters. Evans showcases his musicianship across the album, with he and DeStefano playing every instrument heard throughout.
A "breezy mix of up-tempo jams, lovestruck anthems and loop-driven creative mojo" (Rolling Stone), the diverse track list includes his #1 debut US single "Kiss Somebody" and current chart-climber "Day Drunk," as well as the heartfelt love song "Dance with Me" featuring GRAMMY-nominated artist and wife Kelsea Ballerini.
Set to captivate fans live from New York City on Thursday (10/18), the rising star will make his debut on NBC's TODAY in the 10:00 a.m. hour. Evans will also appear on an upcoming episode of E! Newsto chat about THINGS THAT WE DRINK TO while serving up his signature "Morg's Margs." View a clip of the interview online here.
Evans kicked off the party last night in Nashville, TN, performing a pop-up show for select fans to celebrate the release. Tonight, he will return to the famed circle of the Grand Ole Opry stage for two shows, and play an exclusive private set for attendees who purchase THINGS THAT WE DRINK TOon-site. Saturday night (10/13) Evans will toast to his debut album with fans in Chicago, IL with a release party blowout at Joe's on Weed St.
Additionally, fans can tune in around the world to catch Evans next Wednesday (10/17) for a live event with iHeartCountry. At 7:30 p.m. ET, he will take the stage from the Big Apple for an exclusive performance streamed online at youtube.com/iheartcountry.
Just announced, Evans will join Old Dominion on the MAKE IT SWEET TOUR kicking off in January 2019. Meanwhile, he is currently a special guest on Chris Young's LOSING SLEEP WORLD TOUR, with upcoming shows in Evansville, IN (10/25), Milwaukee, WI (10/26) and Champaign, IL (10/27).
For more information and a full list of tour dates, visit MorganEvansMusic.com. Reach out to him on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
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So, at long last, I have collared, shoved and wheedled a couple of my most beautiful and stylish friends into posing in their finery for this here blog. It did take some 'suading, notwithstanding the fact that they were told that looking at the camera wasn't essential. But it has been done, and the results are surely to follow. But not to get ahead of myself: I went out last night on a proper 'girlie' night out, the first in a long while, since Saturday evenings have now become the staple 'night in' for me and the boy, involving, in no particular order, a comfy couch, the X Factor (or maybe Strictly now? Conundrum!) and a supersized bag of Sainsbury's finest salt and cracked black pepper potato shapes. Good times.
But yes. Last night, the boy and I decided to break from normality and live a Saturday night in manner of most mid-twenty year old fun-lovers...getting drunk and going raving. Or something. Well, no, I decided to catch up with the girls, whilst the boy stayed in (to begin with) and him and a gaggle of his guy mates played Singstar and partook in other manly endeavours (namely: drinking, music and computers).
So off I went to my friend Kathryn's house, to get ready for some fun times with her and my other friend Laura. May I say, Kathryn's (huge) bedroom looked like it had leapt from the pages of Elle Decoration, and the amount of clothes and accessories adorning the rails and racks within were enough to give this shopping-starved retailist the fashion shakes. Needless to say, accessories were pillaged and items cooed over, all whilst listening to a bit of Blondie, a bit of Beyoncé, and a touch of the Shakira 'She Wolf' video. Awoooooo indeed.
I cobbled a headband out of a skinny indie rocker style tie which I ironed in five minutes using a bottle of febreeze and my hair straighteners, I was running epically late after all. I think it kind of works, certainly it kept my hair out of my face but by the end of the night I did look a bit like a muffin top head. It's a risk I'm willing to take I think, because overall I thought it looked rather swell.
Feast your eyes, then, on my grey, cropped, shoulder padded tee, which cost me a mere £5 from Bay, and is rather begrudgingly shoved beneath a gold sequin shrug which was a Primark purchase about a million years ago and subsequently leaves a trail of sequins in my wake, wherever I go. Think of it as the haute couture version of a Hansel and Gretel story: No breadcrumbs here, oh no.
My belt is one I borrowed from Kath's fantastic supply, I had arrived chez Kath's avec 2 belts on, but this lent a little too much of Le Crazy to the outfit. So one nice spangly gold one sufficed as a pleasant replacement. My trousers are, naturally, the Primark harems which I have made hollow threats to disregard, we all know that this just won't ever happen, truly. My watch is a vintage gent's one which has now cost me more in running repair costs than it did to purchase in the first instance, but since I love it, I am prepared to fork out for these. Keeping within the vintage theme I also plumped for my vintage Dior clutch to go with this outfit, which, at this point in the evening, was tossed on top of a pile of other possible outfit dealbreakers for the evening ahead.
The footwear finale, then, curved front platform snakeskin patterened courts with stack heels from Dorothy Perkins. These cost me £3 in the sale about 4 years ago and have been re-heeled more times than I can count, hence, once again, their upkeep costs outweighing their initial purchase price. I love them, though, so I shall let that one go by.
In all I feel this was a successful outfit: Off I jollied into the realms of Party Central, with my mother's wise words ringing in my ears: If your midriff is exposed, you will feel the cold. Was she ever right. Here's one to consider ladies: The crop is a top best suited to warmer climes, so if wearing on an evening out in blighty, lets either layer under or over, avoid the midriff chill, and steer clear of carbs.


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Q: Scripts to add pages in sharepoint and data in DB sql I am trying to make a script to insert some pages in SharePoint and insert data in other DB in same script
The script and errors:
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# Cria novas páginas baseado em um arquivo xml e adiciona a nova funcinalidade  #
# na base Portal_ControleAcesso                                                 #
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# Author: Peterson Lopes Carvalho                                               #
# Date: 25/09/2014                                                              #
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# carregando configurações

$virtualDir =  Read-Host "Digite o nome do diretório virtual do site"
$config_path = "C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wss\VirtualDirectories\" + $virtualDir + "\web.config"
[System.AppDomain]::CurrentDomain.SetData("APP_CONFIG_FILE", $config_path)
[void][System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("System.Configuration")
[System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager].GetField("s_initState", [Reflection.BindingFlags] "NonPublic,Static").SetValue($null, 0)
[void][System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("System.Web")

# adicionando snap-in do sharepoint
if ((Get-PSSnapin "Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) -eq $null) {
    Add-PSSnapin "Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell"
}

# lendo xml contendo as páginas a serem criadas
[xml]$pagesXML = Get-Content -Encoding UTF8 "paginas.xml"
if ($pagesXML -eq $null) { return }

# Obtendo site e publishing web
$siteUrl =  Read-Host "Digite a url do site"
$site = New-Object Microsoft.SharePoint.SPSite("$siteUrl")
$psite = New-Object Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing.PublishingSite($site)
$web = $site.OpenWeb()
$pWeb = [Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing.PublishingWeb]::GetPublishingWeb($web)
$pagesListName = $pweb.PagesListName

# Carregando assembly que contém as webparts
Add-Type -AssemblyName "IcatuControleAcesso, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=3ed9aadc2088b026"
Add-Type -AssemblyName "GestaoDocumentos, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=332f89a01d4ed4b0"
Add-Type -AssemblyName "System.Data.Entity, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089"

# criando as páginas
$pagesXML.Pages.Page | ForEach-Object {

    # definindo nome e propriedades da página
    $pagetitle = [string]$_.PageTitle
    $pageurl = $pagetitle + ".aspx"
    $pagelayoutName = "layout.aspx"
    $pagelayout = $psite.GetPageLayouts($false) | Where { $_.Name -eq $pagelayoutName }
    Write-Host "Criando $pagetitle" -ForegroundColor White

    # verificando se a página já existe
    $file = $web.GetFile("$pagesListName/$pageurl")
    if (-not($file.Exists)) {
        Write-Host "Página $pagetitle não encontrada. Criando..." -ForegroundColor White

        # criando a página
        $newPage = $pWeb.AddPublishingPage($pageurl, $pagelayout)
        $newPage.Update()
        $newPage.ListItem["Title"] = $pagetitle
        $newPage.ListItem.SystemUpdate()

        # obtendo webpartmanager da página
        $mgr = $web.GetLimitedWebPartManager($newPage.Url, [System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts.PersonalizationScope]::Shared)

        # adicionando webparts
        $_.WebParts.WebPart | ForEach-Object {
            $webpart = [string]$_.WPType
            $newWebPart = new-object  $webpart
            $newWebPart.Title = $webpart.Split(".")[4]
            $mgr.AddWebPart($newWebPart, $_.Zone , $_.Index);
        }

        # adicionando webpart de integração, caso exista
        if($_.WebPartIntegracao -ne $null){
            $webpart = [string]$_.WebPartIntegracao.WPType
            $newWebPart = new-object  $webpart
            $newWebPart.Title = $webpart.Split(".")[4]
                        $newWebPart.Tipo = $_.WebPartIntegracao.Tipo
            $mgr.AddWebPart($newWebPart, $_.WebPartIntegracao.Zone , $_.WebPartIntegracao.Index);
        }

        # criando a role para a página
        [System.Web.Security.SqlRoleProvider] $roleProvider = [System.Web.Security.Roles]::Providers["IcatuRoleProvider"]
        if(-Not ($roleProvider.RoleExists($pagetitle))){
        $roleProvider.CreateRole($pagetitle);
        }
        $newUserName = "icaturoleprovider:$pagetitle"
        $member = $web.EnsureUser($newUserName)

        # criando grupo para a nova pagina
        $group = $web.SiteGroups[$pagetitle]
        if($group -eq $null){
            $web.SiteGroups.Add($pagetitle, $web.Site.Owner, $null, "")
            $group = $web.SiteGroups[$pagetitle]
        }
        $group.AddUser($member)

        # associando grupo com o site
        $roleAssignment = New-Object Microsoft.SharePoint.SPRoleAssignment($group)
        $roleDefinition = $web.RoleDefinitions["IcatuFBA"]
        $roleAssignment.RoleDefinitionBindings.Add($roleDefinition)
        $web.RoleAssignments.Add($roleAssignment)
        $web.Update()

        # associando grupo com a página
        $newPage.ListItem.BreakRoleInheritance($true)
        $roleAssigns = $newPage.ListItem.RoleAssignments;
        for ($i = $roleAssigns.Count - 1; $i -ge 0; $i--)
        {
            $roleAssigns.Remove($i);
        }
        $roleAssignment = New-Object Microsoft.SharePoint.SPRoleAssignment($group)
        $roleDefinition = $web.RoleDefinitions["IcatuFBA"]
        $roleAssignment.RoleDefinitionBindings.Add($roleDefinition)
        $newPage.ListItem.RoleAssignments.Add($roleAssignment)
        $newPage.ListItem.Update()

        # efetuando checkin e publicando a página
        $newPage.CheckIn("")
        $newPage.ListItem.File.Publish("");

        #estabelecendo conexao com banco de dados "Portal_ControleAcesso"
            $connString = [System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager]::ConnectionStrings["IcatuControleAcessoDBEntities"].ConnectionString;
            [System.Data.EntityClient.EntityConnection] $entityConn = new-object System.Data.EntityClient.EntityConnection("$connString")
            $conn = $entityConn.StoreConnection
            $conn.Open() | out-null

            $script = [string]$_.AdditionalScript

        # executando store procedure para adicionar a nova funcionalidade na base Portal_ControleAcesso
        if($_.PageReference -ne $null){

            $connString = [System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager]::ConnectionStrings["IcatuControleAcessoDBEntities"].ConnectionString;
            [System.Data.EntityClient.EntityConnection] $entityConn = new-object System.Data.EntityClient.EntityConnection("$connString")
            $conn = $entityConn.StoreConnection
            $conn.Open() | out-null
            $cmd = new-Object System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand("InserirNovaFuncionalidade", $conn)
            $cmd.CommandType = [System.Data.CommandType]::StoredProcedure

            $pagina = $pagetitle
            $cmd.Parameters.Add("@pagina",[system.data.SqlDbType]::NVarChar) | out-Null
            $cmd.Parameters['@pagina'].Direction = [system.data.ParameterDirection]::Input
            $cmd.Parameters['@pagina'].value = $pagina

            $paginaBase = [string]$_.PageReference
            $cmd.Parameters.Add("@paginaBase",[system.data.SqlDbType]::NVarChar) | out-Null
            $cmd.Parameters['@paginaBase'].Direction = [system.data.ParameterDirection]::Input
            $cmd.Parameters['@paginaBase'].value = $paginaBase

            $breadcrumb = [string]$_.BreadCrumb
            $cmd.Parameters.Add("@breadcrumb",[system.data.SqlDbType]::NVarChar) | out-Null
            $cmd.Parameters['@breadcrumb'].Direction = [system.data.ParameterDirection]::Input
            $cmd.Parameters['@breadcrumb'].value = $breadcrumb

            $nomeExibicao = [string]$_.DisplayName
            $cmd.Parameters.Add("@nomeExibicao",[system.data.SqlDbType]::NVarChar) | out-Null
            $cmd.Parameters['@nomeExibicao'].Direction = [system.data.ParameterDirection]::Input
            $cmd.Parameters['@nomeExibicao'].value = $nomeExibicao

            $cmd.ExecuteNonQuery()
            $conn.Close()
        }

        # executando store procedure para adicionar a nova funcionalidade na base Portal_ControleAcesso
        if($_.AdditionalScript -ne $null){

            #inserindo funcionalidades no banco
            $SqlCmd = New-Object System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand
            $funcs = get-content $script;
            $SqlCmd.CommandText = $funcs;
            $SqlCmd.Connection = $conn
            $SqlAdapter = New-Object System.Data.SqlClient.SqlDataAdapter
            $SqlAdapter.SelectCommand = $SqlCmd
            $DataSet = New-Object System.Data.DataSet
            $SqlAdapter.Fill($DataSet)

        }

        Write-Host "Página $pagetitle criada." -ForegroundColor Green
    }else{
        Write-Host "Página $pagetitle já existe." -ForegroundColor Red
    }

}

# descartando os objetos web e site
$web.Dispose()
$site.Dispose()

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